The Determination of the Critical Frequency Limitation Time According to Penetration and Switching of Photovoltaic Systems and the Analysis of Their Transient Effects

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For carbon neutrality, many countries are increasing the rate of renewable energy-based distributed generators (DGs). The DG has advantages such as voltage drop compensation and power loss reduction. However, reverse current flows and overvoltage phenomenons occur due to the penetration of DGs. DGs have different output characteristics from synchronous generators, so when DGs penetrate the grid, DGs inevitably affect the power flow and power quality of the grid. Therefore, it is necessary to check transient stability when DGs penetrate the power system. In this study, the IEEE 9-bus system, a looped system, was set as a testbed. In addition, inverter-based photovoltaic (PV) systems were used as an example of DGs. And the critical frequency limitation time was determined according to the penetration level of DGs. This study also checked the effect of reducing frequency variations through specific methodology of the PV system. Events such as fault occurrence, switch opening, fault clearing, and switch closing were set. And all the simulations for the transient analysis were conducted through DIgSILENT Power Factory. Copyright © The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers.

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